HCL/Nvidia Video Cards

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NVIDIA

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GeForce 2 MX/MX400

Autodetected - 3D Support - TV Out
Full 3-D support requires proprietary nVidia driver.
openSUSE Release(s): 10.2, 10.3, 11.0

GeForce 2 GTS/Pro

Autodetected - 3D Support - TV Out
Full 3-D support requires proprietary nVidia driver.
See the HOW TO use legacy driver!
SUSE Linux/openSUSE Release(s): 10.1, 10.2

GeForce 3

Autodetected - 3D Support - TV Out
Full 3-D support requires proprietary nVidia driver.
YOU does not have the proprietary driver. See the HOW TO
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.1, 10.2

GeForce 4 420 Go

Autodetected - 3D Support Full 3-D support requires proprietary nVidia driver. YOU does not have the proprietary driver. See the HOW TO
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.1

GeForce 4 MX-440

Autodetected - 3D Support - TV Out
SUSE Linux Release(s): 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2
You can use the open source nv driver, but no 3D acceleration is possible here. To get the 3D acceleration, you must install a commercial nVidia driver, with a version no newer than 96xx. The newest nVidia drivers do not support this card.

GeForce MX4000

Autodetected - 3D Support - TV Out
SUSE Linux Release(s): 9.3, 10.0

GeForce 4 TI4600

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.0, 9.3, 9.2, 9.1

GeForce FX5200

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.0 GM, 10.1, 10.3

[User:Upscope] 1500 14 July 2007 (PDT)Upscope: runs on SUSE10.2, 32-bit latest release, Nvidia Driver

GeForce FX5600 Ultra

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.0, 9.3

GeForce FX5700 LE

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.0, 9.3

GeForce FX5900 XT

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.0, 9.3

GeForce 6100 on a Biostar Motherboard

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.2 Need to install the proprietary driver from the NVidia website http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp Once the driver is install the card it's recognize and the 3D becomes enable.

GeForce 6200

Autodetected - 3D Support - TV Out
3D support works well and I can play supertux. But XComposite and shadow doesn't work as system gets very slow when I enable them (My old GeForce4 MX 4000 used to work fine with XComposite on SuSE9.1).
Bugi-san 02:36, 25 Nov 2005 (MST) This is probably because of fact that new NVidia drivers from 7xxx series don't handle it good. SUSE Linux 9.1 uses 6xxx series of NVidia drivers.
P_kelchen 10:45 15 May 2006 (CDT) The card will not output more than 1280x1024 in DVI mode with the stock "nv" driver in any distribution. Use the binary NVIDIA drivers from the YaST Online Update or the NVIDIA site to enable higher resolutions. Also, XGL works with this card, the NVIDIA drivers, and SuSE 10.1 64-bit. SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.0, 10.1
Flerchjj TV Out is scrambled with stock "nv" driver, although it looks fine before X starts. With binary driver TV Out looks good once it's configured with NVIDIA X Server Settings utility. SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.0, 10.1
3D support now works when installing the new version of nvidia's drivers from the nvidia repositories in openSUSE 10.3. There is full compiz-fusion support. Follow the instructions for both nvidia (http://en.opensuse.org/NVIDIA) and compiz-fusion (http://en.opensuse.org/Compiz-Fusion). It's even easier if you use the 1-click install.

GeForce 6600

Autodetected - 3D Support
XGL not dectect, use force enable
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3

GeForce 6600 GT

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.0

GeForce 7300 GS

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.2 - Configured with fbdev driver by default
Current X.org nv driver doesn't support this graphics chip Bug 160812 fixed
Not usable by default in 10.2 - Use fbdev driver instead from run level 3: "sax2 -m 0=fbdev" if you have problems

Suse 10.3 : Latest Proprietary Nvidia (169.07) Drivers supports this chip with 3D Support / compiz working well

GeForce 7300LE Turbo Cache

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.2
3D Support only with NVIDIA proprietary driver.

GeForce 7600 GS (PCI-e x16)

Autodetected - 3D Support - TV out
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.1,10.2,10.3
Drivers: nVidia

GeForce 7600 GS (ARG) and (PCI-e x16)

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
Drivers: nVidia

GeForce 7600 GT (PCI-e x16)

Autodetected - 3D Support (Please provide feedback)
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.2
Drivers: nv (2D-only), nVidia Works fine in 3D.

GeForce 7800 GS AGP

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.2

GeForce 7950 GT (PCI-e x16)

Autodetected - 3D Support Does not work by installing the driver through YAST (probably the driver provided by the update servers is not the latest, only the latest NVIDIA linux driver supports the 7950 GT). 3D support works by manually installing the proprietary driver from the Nvidia web site. One remaining problem is that the card is still denoted as VESA Framebuffer in the display configuration, therefore i am unable to change some configuration options.
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.2

GeForce 7950 GX2

Autodetected - 3D Support Use proprietary nVidia drivers. Read 'SuSE NVIDIA Installer HOWTO'. '1 Click Install' on the aforementioned page works. Multi monitor support works.
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.3

eGeForce 8500 GT (PCI-e x16) (SLI Ready)

Autodetected - 3D Support With the use of the manual installation of the proprietary driver from the Nvidia web site. DO NOT INSTALL FROM YAST, for some reason it doesn't want to work at all when the drivers are install from within YAST ,
SUSE Linux Release: 10.2
I got the drivers from the nVidia page to work by doing this,
First : Make sure you have these two packages installed through YaST2: gcc and kernel-source , and that you have downloaded the correct driver from nvidia.com
Then: End Session, and at the logon screen choose System>Console Login
Login and cd to the directory that you downloaded the nVidia driver to , I typed dir just to make sure i spelled it right. then do su (super user, and type the password) and run sh NVIDIA-Linux-XXXXXXX.pkg2.run, and it will install the nVidia drivers, it worked for me

I totally agree with the above. Install via yast just doesn't work. Just to add: I keep a copy of the Nvidia driver in my /home dir. Just in case. Sometimes you can get caught out by updates which require a re-install of the Nvidia driver. Keep the driver so you know where to find it again.

This is my walk thru of the install process:

The Nvidia installer demands to be installed outside of a graphical environment. Close all open programs, then press ctrl-alt-F1 to get to the virtual terminal. You'll be prompted for login information; log in as root. After you've logged in, use this command to exit X.org:

init 3

Press enter when it says that init level 3 has been reached, and you'll find yourself at a command prompt again. Navigate to the directory that contains the Nvidia driver (replace "username" with your user name):

cd /home/username/

For long file names, you don't have to type the whole name into a terminal window. Instead, just type the first few letters and then press the Tab key, and the file name will be automatically completed for you. This is useful in situations like the one you're in now, where there is a long and complex file name to type in. So type the following command into your terminal, and use the Tab key to complete the Nvidia driver file name, then press Enter to execute the chmod command:

chmod +x ./NVIDIA

The installer is now executable, so go ahead and run it with this command, again using tab completion to fill in the file name after the first few characters:

./NVIDIA

The installation utilit will come up. Choose Yes (or whatever is the default) for all of the options. When the installer is finished, it will bring you back to the command line. Use this command to restart your computer:

reboot

When next you log into SUSE Linux, you should have hardware 3D acceleration enabled. To check, run this program from a terminal program (the computer screen icon in the lower left, between the house icon and the life preserver):

glxinfo

Dozens of lines of text should result from this command. Look near the top for the Direct Rendering line. If it says Yes, you're all set. If it says no, go back and re-check all of your steps to make sure there were no errors, that you downloaded the correct driver for your processor architecture, and that you followed the directions exactly.

Please note that every time you update your kernel, you must re-install the Nvidia video driver.

Please make sure you check the monitor color resolution settings, this should be on (16.7 Mio. [ 24 Bit ]. To do this follow this instructions. Go to KMenu-Applications-System and select Yast at the bottom of the list. "It's going to ask you for the root password", once the Yast Control Center window is open select Hardware on the left side of the window, then select Graphics Card and Monitor from the list, wait a few seconds till the setting window loads. You can also get to the Graphics Card and Monitor Settings(also called sax2) easier by opening a terminal window and typing the following : (it will ask for the root password)

su    
sax2

This card is recognize by the developing versions of OpenSuSE 10.3 but it doesn't have 3D support, For the 3D support you need to install the drive the same way it is explain above.

GeForce 8600GS (PCI-e)

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release: 10.2 x86_64 Suse didn't load X while installing nor after installation.

SUSE Linux Release: 10.3 x86_64 This version of SUSE was able to use Vesa drivers to run a graphical install. Once that was finished enabling the nvidia proprietary driver one click installer worked fine to enable the device, with 3d.

GeForce 8800 GT

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.3
Tested with nVidia driver version 169.07. YaST install does not work, follow nVidias instructions. Multi monitor support. N.B. There are documented problems with this driver and compiz fusion(name?).

Quadro FX 350M (PCI-e x16)

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.2
Drivers: nVidia

Quadro FX1500 (PCI-e x16)

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.1
Drivers: nVidia

Giga-byte GeForce 6100 onboard PCI

Autodetected - ¹3D Support
openSUSE 10.2
¹ Get the latest drivers. Read about it here. NVIDIA

PNY Technologies GeForce 7300 GS(PCI-e x16)

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.2
3D Support only with NVIDIA proprietary driver.

XFX GeForce 8800 GTS(PCI-e x16)

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.2
3D Support only with NVIDIA proprietary driver. Using current driver Version: 100.14.19

evga GeForce 8800 GTS KO Edition(PCI-e x16)

Autodetected - 3D Support
SUSE Linux Release(s): 10.3 x86_64
Kernel Releases : 10.3 Default to Kernel Versions 2.6.24
3D Support only with NVIDIA driver either per 1 click install or by manually building the kernel module from nvidia driver. Currently running 169.12.

See Also

How to install nVidia 3D support

External Links

Novell SUSE Linux - Hardware Compatibility List

Novell SUSE Linux Certified Hardware